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String of beads
Egyptian
New Kingdom
1550–1070 B.C.
Findspot: Egypt, Zawyet el-Aryan
Medium/Technique
Faience, glass
Dimensions
Overall length: 16 cm (6 5/16 in.)
Diameter of ball bead and length of cylinder bead: 1.4 x 2.8 cm (9/16 x 1 1/8 in.)
Diameter of ball bead and length of cylinder bead: 1.4 x 2.8 cm (9/16 x 1 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number11.2586
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsJewelry, Ancient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment – Beads
DescriptionThis is a strung group of four pale-green faience cylinder beads, five glass ball beads, and one faience floral bead with rounded points, one of which is chipped.
ProvenanceFrom Zawyet el-Aryan; excavated by the Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA in the division of finds by the government of Egypt.